Just wondering because I got nothing.

This is not medical advice.

It depends on what is causing it. If it's thinking i'm unfortunate, i think about people who are in a worse situation than mine or how it could be worse. But if you are thinking about politics or the future, thinking how it could be worse can be counterproductive.

Go touch some grass, it does not even have to be literal. Go to the park, the mall or any place you like.

I got depressed a few times from thinking too much about politics and once because i realized i procrastinated too much. It helped me with depression, but not with procrastination.

Get out of the house, do something different, get some sun, do something just for fun. Sure, the depression will make it painful at first, but once you get your momentum up, it'll get easier.

Change your thoughts. Thoughts reinforce mood. Continually thinking you're worthless, things are bad, everything is hopeless, just gets your thoughts into a bad habit. Worse, it makes you depressed because you are effectively wanting it. Changing your thoughts, be it to something more realistic, absurdist, optimistic, or just that you are not depressed, changes your bad habit to a hopefully healthier habit. You will effectively be changing how you approach life and how life approaches you. Yes, it will be hard, and yes, you'll fumble and stumble as you do it. The goal isn't to be perfectly happy; it's to stop being so depressed. Even anger is better than the Black She-dog sucking your life out of you.

See a doctor, a psychiatrist, or other professional help. Our mental and physical aspects affect and reinforce each other. Address the physical and the mental will no longer have its partner to support it. Still, medications should be taken sparingly and not long term (but I'm no doctor nor a medical professional). Heck, sometimes the help needn't be full-blown professional. A proper foot massage by a reflexologist could do wonders for you, even though a good reflexologist would emphasize that they're not diagnosing, treating, or curing anything, because legally, those are things only a trained medical professional is allowed to do.

(Obligatory disclaimer: I am not a medical doctor nor do I work in the medical professions. The above are only suggestions for you to consider, to try or reject according to your common sense. It should not replace actual advice from a properly trained and competent medical professional. Feel free to get a second opinion if the first doctor is unsatisfactory.)

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The Carnivore Diet fixed it for me but that was for long term, clinical depression. If you're depressed because your cat just died then it probably won't help with that.

Chronic depression never leaves. It's a shroud that hangs over your head for your whole life. Doesn't matter how successful you are, how much you own or have, or how many people love you. Depression will be there to show you how horrible everything really is.
Been suffering since I was 12, isn't much better at 28 with years of meds. Oh well.

pyke said:
isn't much better at 28 with years of meds. Oh well.

Try magnesium for three weeks if you haven't already. It's the recommended 1st treatment option but most doctors ignore it. You can find papers about it on Google Scholar. 2nd option is a diet like carnivore. It's possible for your brain to be insulin resistant while the rest of your body isn't. Zero carb diets help with that. They're also low inflammation which is the leading theory of depression. If you still think depression is a chemical imbalance then your knowledge is out of date. The field has advanced a lot in the past 20 years while the public media is still stuck on SSRI ads. Do the research yourself, improving your life is worth it.

This is my personal experience. Depression — terrible disease, find a psychiatrist and start heal as soon, as possible. Depression may be forever

1. Find out a reason of depression. Maybe it is not a depression. Do some test thyroid, blood, testosterone. Find a good psychiatrist (i had 5)
2. Dont forget about treatment. Use antidepressants and a antipsychotics every day. You can feel better, but it can be a trap
3. Find a support (family, friend). You have to trust this person so much. Call him, if you feel bad
4. Suicidal thoughts are sign a illness, its is not part of your person

Depression — disease, heal it, find a good medical specialist

Good luck

it_is_shame said:
This is my personal experience. Depression — terrible disease, find a psychiatrist and start heal as soon, as possible. Depression may be forever

1. Find out a reason of depression. Maybe it is not a depression. Do some test thyroid, blood, testosterone. Find a good psychiatrist (i had 5)
2. Dont forget about treatment. Use antidepressants and a antipsychotics every day. You can feel better, but it can be a trap
3. Find a support (family, friend). You have to trust this person so much. Call him, if you feel bad
4. Suicidal thoughts are sign a illness, its is not part of your person

Depression — disease, heal it, find a good medical specialist

Good luck

Everyone always says "Just get help" but specialists, like psychs, costs more than $100 a session. In this economy it's impossible to afford help.

It might not help, but I like to look at cute things when i'm sad.

I made a set just to do this easily.

https://e621.net/post_sets/42130

pyke said:
it's impossible to afford help.

Which is why magnesium was recommended as the 1st treatment option. It's around $25 for 2 months, effective, without negative side effects, and takes effect faster than anti-depressants. Here's a paper on it: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19944540/

Abstract

Sixty percent of cases of clinical depression are considered to be treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Magnesium-deficiency causes N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) coupled calcium channels to be biased towards opening, causing neuronal injury and neurological dysfunction, which may appear to humans as major depression. Oral administration of magnesium to animals led to anti-depressant-like effects that were comparable to those of strong anti-depressant drugs. Cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) magnesium has been found low in treatment-resistant suicidal depression and in patients that have attempted suicide. Brain magnesium has been found low in TRD using phosphorous nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, an accurate means for measuring brain magnesium. Blood and CSF magnesium do not appear well correlated with major depression. Although the first report of magnesium treatment for agitated depression was published in 1921 showing success in 220 out of 250 cases, and there are modern case reports showing rapid terminating of TRD, only a few modern clinical trials were found. A 2008 randomized clinical trial showed that magnesium was as effective as the tricyclic anti-depressant imipramine in treating depression in diabetics and without any of the side effects of imipramine. Intravenous and oral magnesium in specific protocols have been reported to rapidly terminate TRD safely and without side effects. Magnesium has been largely removed from processed foods, potentially harming the brain. Calcium, glutamate and aspartate are common food additives that may worsen affective disorders. We hypothesize that - when taken together - there is more than sufficient evidence to implicate inadequate dietary magnesium as the main cause of TRD, and that physicians should prescribe magnesium for TRD. Since inadequate brain magnesium appears to reduce serotonin levels, and since anti-depressants have been shown to have the action of raising brain magnesium, we further hypothesize that magnesium treatment will be found beneficial for nearly all depressives, not only TRD.

I’ve suffered from on and off depression for years now. It never really goes away fully, but I have times when it doesn’t really bother me too much. When it gets bad, I force myself to go out and meet people at meetups or do stuff with my friends. I tend to be a bit of a loner, but forcing myself to be social makes me less depressed

Find something to give me a purpose. Had an existential crisis years ago and completely shut myself off for a long time. What kept me going is finding something to use my time on that I felt contributed to something.

Acknowledge you have depression, make peace with it and work through it. The last major episode I had was last April. Spent a week in a mental health clinic. I got fucked over by a long time friend and it ended up triggering a massive break down months later. I put him out of my mind and life and have felt better. I was struggling the past few weeks as I lost my dog on the 14th last month. What helped me was doing things that make me happy and laugh. Get a hobby. I write stories here and there (would be glad to share) and it's great for my mental health as I'm focused on other things. Not advertising myself but becoming a let's player helped a ton cause it gave me something to do and to look forward to doing everyday. It gave me purpose. I won't tell you that you can completely cure depression but you certainly can lessen its effects. Work through this. I believe in you. You are great! You are awesome. Think positive. Most importantly don't be afraid to talk to someone about it. You got this! 😁

mrox said:
Which is why magnesium was recommended as the 1st treatment option. It's around $25 for 2 months, effective, without negative side effects, and takes effect faster than anti-depressants. Here's a paper on it: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19944540/

I am having a hard time believing that's abbriviated TRD. Making it sound like those people are turds.

Anti depressants really helped me after I was diagnosed with bi-polar.

It was definitely a trial and error process but once I got on the right meds it was really life changing

i know that it's not the healthiest, but i tend to cut.
i have counted the scars from me cutting myself once cuz i got bored.... it was like around 180 something.
the first time i got in a predicament i was living with an ex....
and honestlly for some reason it's been getting a lot worse and I gave been known to cut myself to the bones..... this last time i started cuttimg ,uself because I don't know why it has been happening to me and stuff but it has beem a few times and its always the same shady tings that kind of keep happening to me that and it keeps getting worse and worse. ive been dealing with this and for about two decides what am I supposed to to do

zedsulyvahn said:
i know that it's not the healthiest, but i tend to cut.
i have counted the scars from me cutting myself once cuz i got bored.... it was like around 180 something.
the first time i got in a predicament i was living with an ex....
and honestlly for some reason it's been getting a lot worse and I gave been known to cut myself to the bones..... this last time i started cuttimg ,uself because I don't know why it has been happening to me and stuff but it has beem a few times and its always the same shady tings that kind of keep happening to me that and it keeps getting worse and worse. ive been dealing with this and for about two decides what am I supposed to to do

I'd get some help from any friends or family members. If your depression is that bad, I'd also contact your doctor about it and see what they can do to help you.

I truly hope you get better soon.

This is not medical advice, and you should seek professional help if this affects you majorly. This is a forum for a furry image hosting website. Anyone in this thread, including me, can give you bad advice.

clawstripe said:
Get out of the house, do something different, get some sun, do something just for fun. Sure, the depression will make it painful at first, but once you get your momentum up, it'll get easier.

I find this to be the most effective in my experience. Get outside stimulus, get out of your head and try to think about something else than whatever impossible to solve questions your brain gives you. Go find some event, try to get things going on besides bouncing off the walls. Communicate to your friends about it, or your parents, or anyone who you want to talk to. You don't have to take it on alone. Humans are social creatures, so it may help more than you think.